Costus spicatus tea failed to improve diabetic progression in C57BLKS/J db/db mice, a model of type 2 diabetes mellitus

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 248-254

  Keller, Amy C ^a   Vandebroek, Ina ^b   Liu, Youping ^c   Balick, Michael J ^b   Kronenberg, Fredi ^d   Kennelly, Edward J ^a   Brillantes, Anne Marie B ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Costus spicatus; Diabetes; Ethnobotanical survey; Herbal medicine; Insulina; Traditional Dominican medicine; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

COSTUS SPICATUS EXTRACT; GLIPIZIDE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SULFONYLUREA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOINSULINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PLANT LEAF; TEA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COSTUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INSULIN; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OBESITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; COSTACEAE; COSTUS SPICATUS; MUS;

EID: 57949102364     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.10.025     Document Type: Article

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